Raj Kumar
PRINCE2® Certified LEAD PROJECT MANAGER, Loads & Controls - Project Leadership Department, Vestas Technology R & D Chennai Pvt Ltd, Chennai
- Role
- Lead Project Manager at Vestas
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Raj Kumar
Overall 20+ years of versatile experience within wind turbine and aerospace industry with M. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering. Result oriented, proactive, and smart working professional with 9+ years in project & people management while 11+ years of technical expertise in wind turbine product development value chain & sales support. Core Competencies:Project Management- PRINCE2 Foundation certification in Project Management by AXELOS - Managing multiple projects together with versatile project execution team including STL/SFL based on PRINCE2 methodology- Project planning using JIRA Agile methodology, budget & resource planning using SAP PPMPeople Management- Management & development of team with 20+ people - Hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and team skill development- Development of loads team and Technical Expertise- Product assessment from loads & performance prospective for sales- Wind turbine development and validation expertise based on relevant IEC guidelines- Flex5 simulation experience for wind turbine performance calculation, loads calculation & programming expertise in MATLAB- Basic knowledge of wind turbine instrumentation for verification campaignBehavioral Competencies & Soft Skill Trainings- Situational Leadership II by KenBlanchard Companies- Leading to others by Leadership Pipeline Institute- Emotional intelligence, Time management, and 7 habits for highly effective people - Team management and Negotiation skills on Gamelearn platform- Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification at General Electric (GE)- Self-driven, motivated, good communication skills, and strong work ethic- Strong academic knowledge in the areas of \'Aerodynamics\',\'Aircraft Structures\', and \'Advanced Strength of Materials\'Achievements- PRINCE2 Foundation certification in Project Management- Automation of site-specific project assessments in order to support sales organization faster and efficiently to secure larger orders for Vestas globally- A patent (No - US 8,062,431 B2): METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND DE-ICING WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES\' as lead inventor during employment at GE. The patent is about to improve annual energy production of the wind turbine and to reduce loads due to icing on rotor blades of wind turbines- Second Overall Best Performance Award in B.E.(2003)
Experience
Lead Project Manager
Jul 2023 — Present · IN
Responsible to drive product development within Module with effective budget, execution plan and delegation - Ensuring a clear dependency mapping along with commitment to other modules, platform, product management & relevant stakeholders to deliver projects in order to meet time to market.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
M. Tech., Aerospace Engineering
2003 — 2005
AMAeSI
BE, Aerodynamics
2000 — 2003
Shri Jai Narayan Mishra PG College (KKC), Lucknow
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics
1995 — 1998
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